The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year : with Poetical Illustrations, and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2G.G. and J. Robinson, F. and C. Rivington, W. Bent, Longman and Rees, and J. Mawman, 1800 |
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... furface , glitter in the funbeams , and , like rubies and emeralds , dart their colours on the eye . The cheerful birds unite in choirs , and hail , in concert , the parent of life . At this enchanting moment , not one is filent . All ...
... furface , glitter in the funbeams , and , like rubies and emeralds , dart their colours on the eye . The cheerful birds unite in choirs , and hail , in concert , the parent of life . At this enchanting moment , not one is filent . All ...
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... furface , it ap- pears that this opinion was ill - founded . The fpots confift , in general , of a nucleus , or central part , which appears much darker than the reft , and feems to be furrounded by a mist or smoke ; and they are fo ...
... furface , it ap- pears that this opinion was ill - founded . The fpots confift , in general , of a nucleus , or central part , which appears much darker than the reft , and feems to be furrounded by a mist or smoke ; and they are fo ...
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... Sun's rays in the rarer exhalations , which , being condensed in the neighbourhood of that shade , seem to exhibit a light greater than that of the Sun. times fwim upon the furface , and fometimes fink and NUMBER XLIII . 21.
... Sun's rays in the rarer exhalations , which , being condensed in the neighbourhood of that shade , seem to exhibit a light greater than that of the Sun. times fwim upon the furface , and fometimes fink and NUMBER XLIII . 21.
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... furface , and fometimes fink and disappear . Others have fuppofed them to be occafioned by a number of planets circulating round the Sun , at a small diftance from his furface . But Dr. Alexander Wilfon , by attending particularly to ...
... furface , and fometimes fink and disappear . Others have fuppofed them to be occafioned by a number of planets circulating round the Sun , at a small diftance from his furface . But Dr. Alexander Wilfon , by attending particularly to ...
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... furface which divides the two mediums . Any perfon may exemplify this by the following experiment : put a fhilling in an empty bafin , and retire to fuch a distance , that the edge of the bafin fhall juft hide it from your fight ...
... furface which divides the two mediums . Any perfon may exemplify this by the following experiment : put a fhilling in an empty bafin , and retire to fuch a distance , that the edge of the bafin fhall juft hide it from your fight ...
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